DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,984

INTERNATIONAL PAPER
TERRE HAUTE MILL DIVISION
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on August 15, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of International Paper, Terre Haute Mill Division, Terre
Haute, Indiana. Workers at the subject firm manufacture corrugated
medium.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales and
production at the subject firm declined during the period of
January through July 2007, when compared to the same time period in
2006. The subject firm will close permanently on October 6, 2007.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of corrugated medium during
2005, 2006, January through July 2006 and January through July
2007. The surveys revealed an increase in imports of corrugated
medium during the period under investigation.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.






Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with corrugated medium produced by
International Paper, Terre Haute Mill Division, Terre Haute,
Indiana, contributed importantly to the total or partial separation
of workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of International Paper, Terre Haute Mill
Division, Terre Haute, Indiana, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 14,
2006, through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 6th day of September 2007

/s/ Linda G. Poole
_____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance